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Complete revisal of all the acts of Assembly, of the province of North-Carolina, now in force and use: together with the titles of all such laws as are obsolete, expired, or repealed: with marginal notes and references, and an exact table to the whole

15° L A JV S of North-Carolina.
Aticl granting
Ljts.
Trejfurer ap-pointed.
V/ho is to give
Lots to be f.ived
in i3 Mjn'.hs.
^i).^ey granted
1 - bu.lding a
Futt,
Council, and the General ylffembly of this Province, and by the Authority of the fame,
That it fhall and may be lawful for Mr. Jofeph Bell, of Carteret County, Mr. John
Williams, and Mr. Jofeph Leech, of Newbern Town, Mr. Michael Coutanch, of Bath
Town, Mr. John Campbell, of Edenton, or any Three of them, who are hereby ap-pointed
CommifTioners, with full Power and Authority to lay out Fifty Acres of
Land on Core Banks, moft convenient to the faid Harbour, adjoining the faid
Banks, for a Town, by the Name of Portfmouth, into Lots of Half an Acre each,
with convenient Streets, as they may think requifite.
III. AND be it Enacted^ by the Authority aforefaid. That when the Commif-fioaers
aforefaid, or the major Part of them, have fo laid out the Town in Manner
aforefaid, every Perfon whatfoever who is willing to be an Inhabitant of the iaid
Town, Ihall have Liberty to take up any Lot or Lots of Land fo laid out as afore-faid,
and not before taken up, which Lot or Lots the CommifTioners, or the Ma-joritv
of them, are hereby impowered and directed to grant, convey, and acknow-ledo-
e, by Deed, to the I'erfon or Perfons fo taking up the fame, and his or their
Heirs and AlTigns, for ever, in Fee Simple, upon the Payment of Twenty Shil-lino-
s, Proclamation Money.
IV. ANT) be it further Enabled, That Mr. Jofeph Bell be, and is hereby ap-pointed
Trea'urer and Receiver of all fuch Monies which fliall arife by the Sale of
the faid Lots, for the Ufe of John Kerfey, the now Proprietor of the faid Land, his
Heirs and Afllcrns; and on the Death, or Departure out of this Govern.rent, of
the faid Treafurer, or any one of the before mentioned Commiflioners, that the faid
CommifTioners, or the Majority of them, fhall appoint fome other Perfon (in the
Place of the faid Treafurer or CommifTi)ner fo dead or departed) in the Place or
County where the faid Treafurer or CommifTioner fo dead or departed did refide.
V. AND be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforefaid. That the Treafurer
herein appointed, and every Treafurer to be chofen or elefted by Virtue of this Aitj
fhall crive Security to the County Court of Carteret, that he fhall and will, from
Time to Time, account and pay in all the Monies he fhall receive, by the Sale of
all and every Lot or Lots that fhall be fold in each Year, on the Twenty Fifth Day
of March yearly, to the faid John Kerfey, his Heirs or AfTigns.
VI. PR VID E D, That if any Lot or Lots of Land fliall be granted and
conveyed by the faid CommifTioners, to any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, who
fliall not, within Eighteen Months after the faid Conveyance, build a good, fub-ftantial,
habitable frarned or Brick Houfe, or a good fubftantial Warehoufe, of not
lefs Dimenfions than Twenty Feet in length, and Sixteen Feet wide, fuch Grant or
Conveyance fnall be void and of none Effed:, as if the fame had never been made -,
and the CommifTioners may and fhall grant and convey fuch Lot or Lots to any
other Perfon or Perlons applying for the fame, on their paying the Money for the
faid Lot or Lots, as is in this Aft befoi-e directed, for the Ufe of the faid John Ker-fey,
Proprietor of the faid Land, his Heirs or AfTigns aforefaid.
VII. AND whereas the faid Town will be a maritime Town, far difVant from
the Bulk of the Inhabitants of this Province, and liable to the Depredations of an
Enemy in Time of War, and Infults from Pirates and other rude People in Time of
Peace; Be it therefore further Enacted, That the Sum of Two Thoufand i'ounds.
Proclamation Money, heretofore appropriated for building a Fort or Fcrtification
at or near Ocacock Inlet, by an Aft of AlTembly, intituled. An Act for granting unto
his Majefiy the Sum of 'Tiuenty One Thoufand Three Hundred and Fifty Pounds, Protlawa-tion
Money, and for Jiamping and emitting the faid Sum, depcfitcd in the Hands of the
Treafurer of the Northern Diflrift, be, and is hereby appropriated tovv'ards dif-charging
the Expences of building and crefting the faid Fort or Fortification.
VIII. AND be it further Enabled, by the Authority aforefaid. That the Com-mander
in Chief for the Time being, the Honourable Francis Corbin, r,nd Jcln
RienJfett,

15° L A JV S of North-Carolina.
Aticl granting
Ljts.
Trejfurer ap-pointed.
V/ho is to give
Lots to be f.ived
in i3 Mjn'.hs.
^i).^ey granted
1 - bu.lding a
Futt,
Council, and the General ylffembly of this Province, and by the Authority of the fame,
That it fhall and may be lawful for Mr. Jofeph Bell, of Carteret County, Mr. John
Williams, and Mr. Jofeph Leech, of Newbern Town, Mr. Michael Coutanch, of Bath
Town, Mr. John Campbell, of Edenton, or any Three of them, who are hereby ap-pointed
CommifTioners, with full Power and Authority to lay out Fifty Acres of
Land on Core Banks, moft convenient to the faid Harbour, adjoining the faid
Banks, for a Town, by the Name of Portfmouth, into Lots of Half an Acre each,
with convenient Streets, as they may think requifite.
III. AND be it Enacted^ by the Authority aforefaid. That when the Commif-fioaers
aforefaid, or the major Part of them, have fo laid out the Town in Manner
aforefaid, every Perfon whatfoever who is willing to be an Inhabitant of the iaid
Town, Ihall have Liberty to take up any Lot or Lots of Land fo laid out as afore-faid,
and not before taken up, which Lot or Lots the CommifTioners, or the Ma-joritv
of them, are hereby impowered and directed to grant, convey, and acknow-ledo-
e, by Deed, to the I'erfon or Perfons fo taking up the fame, and his or their
Heirs and AlTigns, for ever, in Fee Simple, upon the Payment of Twenty Shil-lino-
s, Proclamation Money.
IV. ANT) be it further Enabled, That Mr. Jofeph Bell be, and is hereby ap-pointed
Trea'urer and Receiver of all fuch Monies which fliall arife by the Sale of
the faid Lots, for the Ufe of John Kerfey, the now Proprietor of the faid Land, his
Heirs and Afllcrns; and on the Death, or Departure out of this Govern.rent, of
the faid Treafurer, or any one of the before mentioned Commiflioners, that the faid
CommifTioners, or the Majority of them, fhall appoint fome other Perfon (in the
Place of the faid Treafurer or CommifTi)ner fo dead or departed) in the Place or
County where the faid Treafurer or CommifTioner fo dead or departed did refide.
V. AND be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforefaid. That the Treafurer
herein appointed, and every Treafurer to be chofen or elefted by Virtue of this Aitj
fhall crive Security to the County Court of Carteret, that he fhall and will, from
Time to Time, account and pay in all the Monies he fhall receive, by the Sale of
all and every Lot or Lots that fhall be fold in each Year, on the Twenty Fifth Day
of March yearly, to the faid John Kerfey, his Heirs or AfTigns.
VI. PR VID E D, That if any Lot or Lots of Land fliall be granted and
conveyed by the faid CommifTioners, to any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, who
fliall not, within Eighteen Months after the faid Conveyance, build a good, fub-ftantial,
habitable frarned or Brick Houfe, or a good fubftantial Warehoufe, of not
lefs Dimenfions than Twenty Feet in length, and Sixteen Feet wide, fuch Grant or
Conveyance fnall be void and of none Effed:, as if the fame had never been made -,
and the CommifTioners may and fhall grant and convey fuch Lot or Lots to any
other Perfon or Perlons applying for the fame, on their paying the Money for the
faid Lot or Lots, as is in this Aft befoi-e directed, for the Ufe of the faid John Ker-fey,
Proprietor of the faid Land, his Heirs or AfTigns aforefaid.
VII. AND whereas the faid Town will be a maritime Town, far difVant from
the Bulk of the Inhabitants of this Province, and liable to the Depredations of an
Enemy in Time of War, and Infults from Pirates and other rude People in Time of
Peace; Be it therefore further Enacted, That the Sum of Two Thoufand i'ounds.
Proclamation Money, heretofore appropriated for building a Fort or Fcrtification
at or near Ocacock Inlet, by an Aft of AlTembly, intituled. An Act for granting unto
his Majefiy the Sum of 'Tiuenty One Thoufand Three Hundred and Fifty Pounds, Protlawa-tion
Money, and for Jiamping and emitting the faid Sum, depcfitcd in the Hands of the
Treafurer of the Northern Diflrift, be, and is hereby appropriated tovv'ards dif-charging
the Expences of building and crefting the faid Fort or Fortification.
VIII. AND be it further Enabled, by the Authority aforefaid. That the Com-mander
in Chief for the Time being, the Honourable Francis Corbin, r,nd Jcln
RienJfett,